Former President Donald Trump has made headlines once more for his alleged decision to restructure the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is a shocking and dramatic move.

The action has generated intense, cross-party debate and rekindled conversations about the function of U.S. foreign aid in international humanitarian efforts, national security, and diplomacy.

The controversy started on Friday when the USAID website suddenly went down, sparking a lot of conjecture among international aid organizations and political analysts. Sources inside the Trump administration indicated that plans were in motion to integrate USAID more directly under the State Department’s jurisdiction, even though no formal statement was initially made public.

If put into effect, such a structural change would mark a substantial break from the agency’s traditionally autonomous function of providing development and foreign aid.